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Thursday, January 31, 2013

In
previous decades in Egypt, the fatwas, or legal decrees issued by
learned Muslims and based on Sharia law, revolved around questions like
proper prayer, when and where women should wear the hijab, and if
smoking was forbidden or permissible.

That was then.

The fatwas issued in the year 2012—the year when Islamists,
spearheaded by the Muslim Brotherhood, assumed formal power—are, as one
would expect, markedly different, that is, much less restrained. The
popular Egyptian Arabic website El-Watan News
recently compiled a list of 2012’s most “notable” (a euphemism)
fatwas. I translate a summary of their findings below, augmented with
additional observations:

Destruction of the Pyramids and Sphinx

In November, Sheikh Murjan Salem al-Jawhari, a Salafi leader, called
for the destruction of all idols, relics, and statues in Egypt,
specifically mentioning the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids. He called on
Muslims to destroy such “idols” just as they destroyed the Buddha
statues in Afghanistan. Of course, several months earlier, in July, I
reported how several prominent Islamic clerics were calling on President
Morsi to “destroy the Pyramids
and accomplish what the Sahabi Amr bin al-As [the first Muslim invader
of Egypt] could not.” Then and now, the MSM scoffed at the very idea, portraying it as a “hoax.” To date, reports from Egypt confirm that “some of the statues have already been destroyed by those belonging to the political Islamist parties.”

Marrying Minors (i.e., Pedophilia)

Dr. Yassir al-Burhami, Vice President of the Salafi Da‘wa movement,
and thus an authoritative figure among Egypt’s Salafis, who are playing a
prominent role in Egypt’s new parliament, opposed setting a minimum age
in the new constitution concerning the marriage of minor girls, saying
“they can get married at any time,” while insisting that Sharia law is
clear on this matter. Indeed, earlier, another cleric and member of
Saudi Arabia’s highest religious council, after saying that girls can be
married “even if they are in the cradle,”
explained the fundamental criterion of when they can copulate: whenever
“they are capable of being placed beneath and bearing the weight of the
men,” which has less to do with age and more to do with individual
capacity.

Permitting Lies and Hypocrisy

Dr. Yassir al-Burhami also permitted wives to “lie to their
husbands” about their whereabouts—if they were going to go and vote
“yes” on the Sharia-heavy constitution in Egypt, and if their husbands
would otherwise have disapproved. The ever-expedient Salafi leader also
permitted Egypt to borrow money from the IMF, rationalizing the
“forbidden” interest rate away as “administrative charges.” (Islam
forbids the participation in monetary loans that charge interest, as
does the IMF.)Scrapping Camp David Accords

Sheikh Hashem Islam, member of the Al-Azhar Fatwa Committee, said
that the peace treaty with Israel contradicts the teachings of Sharia
and should be annulled, quoting the Koran: “So do not weaken and call
for peace while you are superior; and Allah is with you and will never
deprive you of [the reward of] your deeds” (47:35). He added that “Jews
cannot be trusted.” The Islamic logic he and others use is that peace
treaties with infidels are legitimate only when Muslims are weak and in
need, whereas now that Egypt is under proper Muslim leadership, Allah
will help it to defeat Israel.

Killing Anyone Protesting Islamization of Egypt

Sheikh Hashem Islam also permitted the killing of anti-Islamization
protesters, portraying them as traitors committing “high treason.” The
Sheikh also exempted the murderers from having to pay the restitution
required by Sharia to a Muslim victim’s family. Sheikh Wagdi Ghoneim
issued a similar fatwa, proclaiming any Muslim who rejects the
Sharia-heavy constitution of being an apostate who must be fought and killed.

Obeying President Morsi

Sheikh Ahmed Mahlawi, the leader of an Alexandrian mosque, denounced
all Muslims opposed to President Morsi, pointing out that the Koran
declares it to be forbidden to disobey those in authority: “Obey Allah
and obey the Messenger [Muhammad] and those in authority among you”
(4:59). He added that Morsi should be obeyed whether he was elected or
not—as long as he enforces the laws of Allah. Indeed, according to
Sharia, the Islamic ruler must always be obeyed—except whenever he fails
to enforce Sharia law.

Banning Greeting Christians

The Committee for Rights and Reform issued a Fatwa against
congratulating Christian Copts on their religious holidays, notably
Christmas and Easter, since Muslims do not share the beliefs specific to
those holidays. As for the ever-reliable Salafi Sheikh Burhami, he
further forbade Muslim cab and bus drivers from transporting Christian
priests to their churches, which he depicted as “more forbidden than taking someone to a liquor bar.”

Banning Saluting the Egyptian Flag

Abd al-Akhir Hamad, the mufti of the notorious Gama’a Islamiya
(Islamic Group), denounced and forbade the saluting of the flag and the
Egyptian national anthem, saying that doing so glorifies that which is
other than Allah—not to mention music is simply “haram,” that is,
forbidden. Dar Al-Ifta’issued a counter-fatwa to allow for saluting the flag and standing up for the national anthem.

Banning TV Shows Mocking Political Islamists

A fatwa banning TV viewers from watching the very popular shows of
Bassem Yusif, who routinely mocks Egypt’s Islamists and their fatwas,
appeared and was originally attributed to Dar Al-Ifta’, though it later
denied issuing it.

Banning Marriage to Mubarak-Regime “Remnants”

Sheik Omar Stouhi, Secretary General of the Supreme Committee for
Islamic Da‘wa at Al-Azhar, forbade all Muslim women from marrying any of
the sons of the “remnants” of the old regimes, portraying them as
non-pious Muslims.

Banning Joining the Dustor Political Party

Sheikh Muhammad Nazmi issued a ban on people from joining Egypt’s
“Dustor” political party, headed by Dr. Muhammad al-Baradei, saying that
the latter is a secularist and opposed to the implementation of Allah’s
laws.

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On
Sunday, Israeli Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom told Army Radio that
the country’s top security officials had held a special meeting and
warned that the transfer of Syrian chemical weapons to Hezbollah would
be crossing a line that would mean action.

It was not the first time that Israel had warned Assad not to follow
in the footsteps of his former ally, Saddam Hussein, but it was the
sharpest warning to date. The warning was clearly meant to head off a
specific course of action by Syria. But true to form, Bashar Assad did
not listen.

Yesterday, it was reported that Israeli jets struck a convoy headed
from Syria to Lebanon. The convoy reportedly contained SA-17
anti-aircraft missiles as well as some of the SSRC’s special toxic brew.
Syria’s extended occupation of Lebanon has come to an end, but the
Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah, backed by Iran and Syria, has taken
its place. Hezbollah fighters have gone to Syria to fight for Assad and
it was widely speculated that Assad might transfer some of his WMD
stockpiles to his Lebanese allies.

For Israel, the transfer of WMDs to terrorists is the ultimate red
line that endangers its survival and existence. Israel’s enemies have
long used neighboring terrorist groups as proxy armies for waging war
against it by conventional means. Transferring WMDs to terrorists would
allow those same countries to indirectly carry out a WMD attack that
might kill hundreds of thousands of Israelis while minimizing concerns
about retaliation.

The Arab Spring and the Islamist Winter have led to civil wars within
the Muslim world in which Israel is not a player, but a pawn. In Egypt,
Bahrain and Libya, both sides have accused each other of working for
the Zionists. In Egypt, Mohammed Morsi won international support by
using his Hamas cousins to stage a conflict with Israel which he could
then resolve to prove his credentials as a force for stability and
peace. In Syria, Assad has hoped to use the threat of war with Israel as
a bargaining chip with the West.

Syria is in no state for a war with Israel. And a new war with
Hezbollah is a card that Iran is reserving for its own use against the
threat of an Israeli strike on its nuclear program. That leaves Syria
with few options. Its only real card is its WMD program. Syria can’t use
chemical weapons on a large scale against its rebels without crossing
NATO’s red line. And it’s afraid that if it doesn’t turn those weapons
into an asset, it may lose them.

Putting WMDs in Hezbollah’s hands not only takes them out of the
reach of the Sunni rebels, but allows Assad to indirectly threaten
Israel. And while NATO may intervene in Syria in response to WMD use by
the regime, it isn’t likely to try and intervene in Lebanon if Hezbollah
makes use of them; not when the EU still refuses to put Hezbollah on
its terrorist list. With WMDs in Hezbollah’s arsenal, Assad could try to
duplicate Morsi’s farce with Hamas, by setting himself up as the only
man who can prevent a truly catastrophic regional conflict.

Israel however has no interest in being used as a pawn in the Syrian
Civil War with the lives of hundreds of thousands of its citizens on the
line. American and European leaders have doubtlessly warned the Jewish
State not to attack Assad, regardless of the provocation, to avoid
undermining the Sunni rebels and the credibility of the regional
anti-Assad coalition. A similar warning during the Gulf War prevented
Israel from responding to Saddam’s Scud missile attacks, but Israel had
its own red line in Syria, and with the weapons transfer, Assad had
crossed that line.

As far back as 2010, Brigadier General (Res.) Nitzan Nuriel, director
of Israel’s National Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau, had warned
at the Tenth Annual World Summit on Counter-Terrorism that if Syria
transfers WMDs to Hamas or Hezbollah, the SSRC, Syria’s Scientific
Studies and Research Center, which runs Syria’s WMD program, should be
targeted and demolished by the international community.

The international community failed to act and so Israel took action
instead. Syria has now reported that Israel had carried out an air
strike against a military research facility near Damascus. It is quite
likely that this was a reference to the SSRC.

The Syrian military spokesman claimed that a building had been
destroyed and large scale material damage had resulted from the attack.
This does not mean that Syria’s WMD program is toast; both attacks were
more likely meant as a warning that Israel will not hang around waiting
for Obama to act when its safety is in jeopardy.

While information is still being put together and there is much about
the attack that we don’t know, the very act has wider implications
beyond Syria.

Israel’s biggest red line is still Iran’s nuclear program and while
the general consensus in the international community is that despite
Netanyahu’s talk of a red line, it will not act, the Syrian strikes are a
reminder that Israel always reserves the military option and that when
it does act, the results are shocking and unexpected.

The message out of Syria is that Israel reserves the right to defend
itself against weapons of mass destruction and that it reserves the
right to do so even in the face of opposition from Obama and the
international community.

With its dense population centers and small territorial size, Israel
cannot afford any complacency when it comes to weapons of mass
destruction. In the aftermath of its election and the rise of left-wing
social justice parties, some observers might have assumed that Israel
would be too busy lowering the price of yogurt and urban apartments or
wrangling over social benefits to pay attention to the bigger issues.
The Israeli Air Force delivered a powerful reminder that the only free
state in the region has not forgotten about the threat and it has not
forgotten how to act.

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom
Center, is a New York writer focusing on radical Islam. He is completing
a book on the international challenges America faces in the 21st
century.

Top StoriesReuters:
"Iran's crude oil exports in December leapt to their highest level
since European Union sanctions took effect last July, analysts and
shipping sources said, as strong Chinese demand and tanker fleet
expansion helped the OPEC member dodge sanctions. Exports rose to around
1.4 million barrels per day (bpd) in December, according to two industry
sources and shipping and customs data compiled by Reuters on a
country-by-country basis and corroborated by other sources and
consultants. The sources said they expected exports to dip in January
from the December peak ahead of new U.S. sanctions. Western sanctions
aimed at curbing Iran's disputed nuclear program halved Iran's oil
exports in 2012 from 2.2 million bpd in late 2011, leading to billions of
dollars in lost revenue and a plunge in the Iranian currency. But
continuous robust demand from top buyer China and others such as India
and Japan, as well as the purchase of new tankers, allowed the Islamic
Republic to unexpectedly boost exports late last year." http://t.uani.com/W1qsqe

AP:
"The U.N. nuclear agency has told member nations that Iran is poised
for a major technological upgrade of its uranium enrichment program, in a
document seen Thursday by The Associated Press. The move would vastly
speed up Tehran's ability to make material that can be used for both
reactor fuel and nuclear warheads. In an internal note to member nations,
the International Atomic Energy Agency said it received notice last week from
Iran's nuclear agency of plans to install high-technology enriching
centrifuges at its main enriching site at Natanz, in central Iran. The
machines are estimated to be able to enrich up to five times faster than
the present equipment. The brief note quoted Iran as saying
new-generation IR2m 'centrifuge machines ...will be used' to populate a
new 'unit' - a technical term for an assembly that can consist of as many
as 3,132 centrifuges. It gave no timeframe and a senior diplomat familiar
with the issue said work had not started, adding it would take weeks, if
not months, to have the new machines running once technicians started
putting them in." http://t.uani.com/WAnnz9

Reuters:
"Fuel purchases made for Afghan security forces using U.S.
government funds may have included Iranian petroleum products in
violation of U.S. sanctions, investigators said in a report published
late on Wednesday. Afghanistan relies heavily on imported fuel and Iran,
Russia, and Turkmenistan are the leading countries of origin, the report
by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
(SIGAR) says. But the watchdog said it could not rule out the possibility
of sanctions violations in purchases for the Afghan National Security
Forces (ANSF) that are financed by the U.S. taxpayer. 'Despite actions
taken by the Department of Defense to prevent the purchase of Iranian
fuel with U.S. funds, risks remain that U.S. economic sanctions could be
violated,' Special Inspector General John Sopko said in the report."
http://t.uani.com/YGt41l

Nuclear Program

AP:
"Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel said the 'window is closing'
on Iran and the possibility of diplomacy if it continues to ignore
international demands to end pursuit of a nuclear weapon. In his first
opportunity to express his opinions since President Barack Obama
nominated him Jan. 7, Hagel addressed a range of issues, from Iraq and
Afghanistan to women in combat, in a 112-page questionnaire for the
Senate Armed Services Committee. The panel submitted the extensive
questions to Hagel in advance of his confirmation hearing on Thursday...
In his responses, Hagel adopted a hardline on Iran, echoing Obama's
contention that the United States would consider all options, including
military action, to keep Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. 'If
confirmed, I will focus intently on ensuring that U.S. military is in
fact prepared for any contingency,' Hagel said in response to committee
questions... 'If Iran continues to flout its international obligations,
it should continue to face severe and growing consequences,' Hagel said.
'While there is time and space for diplomacy, backed by pressure, the
window is closing. Iran needs to demonstrate it is prepared to negotiate
seriously.'" http://t.uani.com/WAnKcP

Sanctions

Reuters:
"A Hong Kong-based firm that attempted to sell embargoed
Hewlett-Packard computer equipment to Iran's largest mobile-phone
operator has much closer ties to China's Huawei Technologies than was
previously known, corporate records show. Cathy Meng, Huawei's chief
financial officer and the daughter of company founder Ren Zhengfei,
served on the board of Hong Kong-based Skycom Tech Co Ltd between
February 2008 and April 2009, according to Skycom records filed with Hong
Kong's Companies Registry. Reuters reported last month that in late 2010,
Skycom's office in Tehran offered to sell at least 1.3 million euros
worth of HP gear to Mobile Telecommunication Co of Iran, despite U.S.
trade sanctions. At least 13 pages of the proposal were marked 'Huawei
confidential' and carried Huawei's logo. Huawei said neither it nor
Skycom ultimately provided the HP equipment; HP said it prohibits the
sale of its products to Iran." http://t.uani.com/WDoQl3

Reuters:
"Japan's crude imports from Iran fell 39.5 percent in 2012, trade
ministry data showed on Thursday, in line with falls among other Asian
buyers as Western sanctions cut shipments to Japanese refiners from the
Middle Eastern country. Japan, the world's third-biggest oil consumer,
imported 11,002,218 kilolitres (189,076 barrels per day) of Iranian crude
last year, compared with 18,191,375 kl (313,480 bpd) a year earlier, the
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) said. In December, Iranian
imports totalled 1,031,128 kl (209,213 bpd), down 36.9 percent from
1,635,000 kl (331,736 bpd) a year earlier... Other Asian buyers also have
cut Iranian crude imports, with China's 2012 imports posting a fall of 21
percent from 2011 to 21.92 million tonnes, or 438,448 bpd. India imported
315,200 bpd of Iranian crude in 2012, down 1.7 percent from a year
earlier, while South Korea's imports of crude oil from Iran dropped 35.6
percent last year to 56.15 million barrels, or 153,405 bpd." http://t.uani.com/12c9Ml8

Reuters:
"Iran's Bank Mellat plans to sue European Union governments for
damages after a European court ruled to annul sanctions against the
company, lawyers said on Wednesday. Europe's General Court said on
Tuesday the EU had failed to provide enough evidence that Bank Mellat was
linked to Iran's disputed nuclear progam when the bloc targeted it with
sanctions in July 2010, and ordered the measures annulled. EU governments
may appeal the decision, and diplomats said broader European sanctions
against Iranian banks could still limit Bank Mellat's ability to function
in Europe. But lawyers for the bank, the biggest private sector lender in
Iran, said the ruling meant it could resume trading in Europe. Bank
Mellat 'will now be able to commence trading internationally and try and
draw back the losses incurred over the last three years since the
sanctions were imposed,' law firm Zaiwalla & Co said in a statement.
'Furthermore, the bank will now look to claim damages from the EU
Council.'" http://t.uani.com/XV55FK

Bloomberg:
"The latest European Union sanctions against Iran allow ships to
burn fuel made from Iranian oil if it's produced and loaded in another
country, according to the insurers of 90 percent of the world's fleet.
The 27-nation bloc added restrictions on trade with the Persian Gulf
country on Oct. 15. The International Group of P&I Clubs commented in
a statement on its website dated Jan. 29. 'It would seem that ships
stemming bunkers that contain a blend of Iranian-origin crude oil will
not be caught by the prohibitions (providing the bunker oil is used for
the propulsion of the ship and not carried as cargo) on purchase,
transport or import of Iranian-origin crude oil in Regulation 267,
provided also that the blended bunkers were produced and stemmed in a
third country other than Iran, or, as a result of a force majeure event,
the bunkers were stemmed in a port of refuge in Iran.'" http://t.uani.com/14zjNZv

Syrian Uprising

AFP:
"Iran's foreign minister on Thursday condemned what he called
Israel's "brutal aggression" against Syria, following claims by
Damascus that the Jewish state's air force had hit a military research
centre. 'There is no doubt that this aggression is part of a Western and
Zionist strategy to push aside the success of the Syrian people and
government to return to stability and security,' Ali Akbar Salehi said in
a statement. It underscores the 'alignment of terrorist groups with the
Zionists' objectives,' he added, using the Syrian regime's stock word for
describing rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad. On
Wednesday, the Syrian army accused Israel of launching a strike on its
military research centre in Jamraya, near Damascus." http://t.uani.com/WDqIuc

Terrorism

AFP:
"Iran's defense minister will be questioned by an Argentine judge as
part of an agreement to investigate a deadly 1994 attack on a Buenos
Aires Jewish center, Argentina said Wednesday. Seven other Iranians with
international arrest warrants against them also will also be questioned
by the Argentine judge in Tehran, Argentine Foreign Minister Hector
Timerman confirmed on a local radio station. But he emphasized: 'I made
sure (Iran Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi) will have to be present when
the judge questioned them and he will be.' Argentina has long accused
Iran of masterminding the deadly attack and since 2006 has sought the
extradition of these eight Iranians, who also include former president
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and former foreign minister Ali Akbar
Velayati." http://t.uani.com/XacXm1

Human Rights

WashPost:
"Iran's Intelligence Ministry issued a statement late Wednesday
saying it has irrefutable evidence that journalists arrested this week
had been illegally working with foreign media. The statement, first
published by the semiofficial Mehr News Agency, said, 'The collected data
from the detained individuals' links to the BBC are strong and undisputable
in court.' The ministry went on to say that it had been tracking a
network of individuals who worked for the BBC, warning that there would
be more arrests in the coming days in its fight against what it called a
'psychological war' being waged against Iran by its foreign enemies.
Mohammad Hassan Asafari, a member of the parliament's national security
commission, told the Bahar newspaper Wednesday, 'Those who are arrested
are not in fact journalists, but traitors who sold out their country
disguised as journalists and sent reports to foreign-based Farsi
media.'" http://t.uani.com/Xnx3Lj

Domestic
Politics

WashPost:
"In a year when Iran will elect a new president and could face
make-or-break decisions about its nuclear program, the country's most
prominent political family appears poised to extend its influence,
strengthening the rule of hard-line clerics as they struggle with other
power centers. Larijani brothers now sit atop two of Iran's three
branches of government, the parliament and the judiciary, positions they
have used to attempt to foil populist President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Speculation is rife that the best known of the five Larijani brothers,
parliament speaker Ali Larijani, will make a second bid for the
presidency when Ahmadinejad completes his final term in June. The rise of
the brothers - staunch defenders of Islamic rule who have the confidence
of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - and their tensions
with the more nationalist Ahmadinejad have underscored the competing strains
of conservatism in Iran's increasingly fractious politics." http://t.uani.com/129hKeZ

Opinion &
Analysis

Clyde Russell in
Reuters: "Iran appears to have scored a victory in
its cat and mouse battle with the West, with oil exports rising in
December to the highest since European sanctions took effect. But while
Western attempts to crimp Iran's oil trade are a serious business, the
cut and thrust of action and counter-action resembles a Tom and Jerry
cartoon, with each side scoring little victories but neither ever winning
decisively. Iran's crude exports reached 1.4 million barrels per day
(bpd), the most since last July, when European sanctions took effect,
according to two industry sources, and customs and shipping data compiled
by Reuters. While this is still down on the 2.2 million bpd the Islamic
republic exported in 2011, it's well up on the 900,000 bpd shipped out in
September. The gain in exports is likely to encourage Tehran in its
belief that it can 'tough out' European and U.S. sanctions aimed at
forcing it to open its nuclear programme to international scrutiny. But
as Jerry the mouse often discovers, his successes against Tom the cat are
short-lived. Much of Iran's success has been due to its ability to
maintain shipments to two of its largest Asian customers, namely China
and India. India's imports from Iran rose 29 percent to 276,000 bpd in
December from November, and the South Asian nation bought an average of
315,000 bpd in 2012, down a mere 1.7 percent from 2011's 320,000 bpd.
This seems an unconvincing effort from an erstwhile U.S. and European
ally to scale back its purchases from Iran, even though India had cut
imports 19 percent in the first nine months of the fiscal and contract
year that started in April. State-controlled Indian Oil Corp. bought more
Iranian oil in December to honour its annual deal. However, import
volumes may drop by 10 to 15 percent in the coming contract year,
according to sources, as India seeks to maintain its U.S. waiver to
import Iranian oil. China's imports from Iran rose to 593,400 bpd in
December, the second-highest month in 2012 after June as shipping delays
eased as Tehran added secondhand tankers to its fleet. In 2012, China's
imports from Iran fell 21 percent from 2011 to 438,448 bpd, which still
makes Beijing the top buyer of Iranian crude. China may reduce its
purchases further in 2013, by up to 40,000 bpd, according to industry
sources. But it seems that both China and India are at best reluctant
observers of Western sanctions, with both still willing to take Iranian
crude and help overcome issues such as the European ban on its
re-insurers, who dominate the global market, from covering vessels
carrying Iranian cargoes. Their reaction to the latest U.S. sanction may
prove instructive. From February 6, U.S. law requires that funds being
used to pay for Iranian oil must remain in a bank account in the
purchasing country and can only be used for bilateral trade with Iran on
goods not under sanctions. Any bank violating this measure runs the risk
of being cut off from the U.S. financial system, something no major bank
would be able to countenance.In theory, this will make it difficult, if
not impossible, for Iran to be paid for oil. However, it also doesn't
prevent Iran from shipping oil, so it's quite possible the Iranians will
continue to supply Asian customers while they try to work out ways around
the new steps." http://t.uani.com/11jIjho

Andres Oppenheimer
in The Miami Herald: "Argentina has crossed a line
by making a sweet deal with Iran to jointly investigate a 1994 terrorist
attack against the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which
according to Argentine prosecutors and Interpol was masterminded by top
Iranian officials. The deal seems to put Argentina fully within the
Venezuelan-led club of Latin American countries that support some of the
world's worst human rights offenders. Until now, many of us had hesitated
to put Argentina in that category, mainly because Argentina remains a
democracy and differed with Venezuela on Iran. Despite pleas by Venezuela
to put the AMIA case on the backburner, the late President Néstor
Kirchner had supported Argentine court requests for the extradition of
former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, current Iranian
Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi and others in connection with the car
bombing that left 85 people dead and about 300 wounded 19 years ago. But
now, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner seems to have changed
course, breaking the biggest foreign policy stand that set Argentina
apart from the Venezuela and Cuba. Her agreement with Iran to create a
joint 'truth commission' to investigate the terrorist attack amounts to
making a deal with a suspected killer to jointly investigate a murder,
side-stepping the ongoing Argentine court investigation into the case,
critics say. The idea of establishing a 'truth' commission on the AMIA
tragedy that involves the Iranian regime would be like asking Nazi
Germany to help establish the facts of Kristallnacht,' says American
Jewish Committee head David Harris. Israel's Foreign Ministry has voiced
its 'astonishment and disappointment' at the deal. The U.S. State
Department's top official in charge of Latin American affairs, Roberta
Jacobson, told me in an interview that she is 'skeptical that a just
solution can be found' through the so- called Argentine-Iran
'truth-commission.' Asked whether she now sees Argentina as fully aligned
with Iran, Cuba and Venezuela, Jacobson told me: 'I wouldn't make that
leap yet. I certainly hope not. I hope that we will continue to work with
the Argentines on lots of global issues, including counter-terrorism
efforts.' Why is Argentina doing this? ... My opinion: Argentina has
crossed a line by making a deal with the prime suspect in the 1994
terrorist attack. I hope I'm wrong about this, but the end result
of this so-called Argentina-Iran 'truth commission' will be a finding
saying that a handful of low-level Iranian officials were involved in the
case, which allows Iran's regime to claim it didn't have anything to do
with it, and Argentina to claim it has solved the case. That would amount
to a big blow to justice, and an insult to the memory of the 85 Jews and
non-Jews who died in the terrorist attack." http://t.uani.com/11jIZDj

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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation and its Role in Enforcing Islamic Law

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The gravity of the existential threat we face from Islamic Jihad is truly of epic proportions. It is essentially a battle pitting free-civilized man against a totalitarian barbarian. What is at stake is the struggle for our very soul - namely who we are and what we represent. The lives that were sacrificed for individual rights and freedoms that we've come to cherish are being chiseled away from right under our noses by the stealth jihadists. And many of us are in denial and totally clueless.

The left's appeasement and pandering to evil is nothing new. What makes their utopian delusions so infuriating and unpardonable is that it is not only they who will have to pay the consequences, and deservedly, so, they are thwarting and undermining our best efforts at resistance and are thus dragging us down in the process as well.